An otaku wedding where the bride arranged for the surprise destruction of her new husband’s (ex) virtual girlfriend Nene by ceremonially smashing the memory card with a mallet has prompted a wave of disgusted criticism online, with even non-Love Plus fans decrying it as “bullying” and “tasteless.”

The wedding, involving Comiket staff, was unusual in that Love Plus virtual girlfriend Nene Anegasaki was provided a seat and invitation (usually she is the one being married), and soon played a part in the proceedings – with the bride having planned “her” symbolic destruction by having the groom join her in smashing her memory card with a mallet.

Onlookers commented that “they hit her three times, and he looked as if he was going to cry!”

Thanks to being attended heavily by Comiket staff and the editor of Young King Ours, the scene was photographed and soon circulated widely on Twitter.

There the event soon proved controversial – criticism ranges from the sheer tastelessness of hammering poor Nene in the first place, to the unfairness of forcing the groom to go along with it amounting to little more than emotional abuse:

“Even if he wanted this, this cannot have been pleasant to watch for the guests.”

“I don’t play Love Plus, but I don’t think this is funny at all.”

“Can’t you just reset instead?”

“Physical destruction just seems excessive, and cruel.”

“This is like attempting to obliterate all memory of his former girlfriends from his life for the sake of the marriage. I’m not gamer but I wouldn’t want to be shackled so severely in a marriage.”

“I don’t think the stuff about Nene matters – but destroying something at a marriage is totally incomprehensible.”

“I can’t imagine the man taking this well even if he went along with it happily at the time.”

“Expect them to be divorced in a few years.”

“Imagine the kind of woman who could come up with something like this…”

“There is no problem destroying a ROM, but the real issue here is planning this surprise out without his knowledge, then forcing him to go along with it in an event where he could hardly refuse. Isn’t it just bullying?”

“This is bullying – planning it all out and executing it in a place he had no choice but to go along with it, disgusting.”

“If a man did this to his wife it would be treated as domestic violence…”

“This is utterly tasteless, though I suppose you might expect this from Comiket staff. Destroying someone’s things at a wedding is just grotesque.”

“Putting it all on Twitter too is pretty questionable. I guess Comiket staff just have no common sense.”

“You’d think Comiket staff would ahave a bit more respect for other people’s creations.”

“Poor Konami – I wonder how they feel about this.”

“Giving Nene a seat at the wedding for this was just harsh.”

“Even if he went along with it, this is horrible. If it were me, I’d have divorced her on the spot.”

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Okay, I’ve finally figured out what creeps me out so much about this story.

If they’d made this decision together and then did it, fine. New chapter in your life and all that.

If she’d just sprung it on him, well that’s just mean. Property destruction aside, this isn’t what you expect on your wedding day.

But no, the bride symbolically humanized Nene by inviting her and having a seat set aside for her, so it’s like “Look! It’s your ex-girlfriend, Nene! I invited her to our wedding! So we can kill her together!”. Holy shit, I just married a yandere. Seriously, just grab your DSi and put as much distance between you and Psycho Bitch from Hell as possible, this is fucking messed up.

I completely agree that it was cruel of her to do that. As a woman, I can’t help but understand where she’s coming from however. Virtual or not, it’s another girl, granted the character isn’t controlled by another human being [mmo], if left alone, it will still take up a place in his heart and a considerable amount of his time. She’s just looking out for herself. I would rather not have my husband playing with that game all day especially on days when we have an argument. It would just make any normal girl feel bad.

Then again, Idk…. if she was so gung ho about eliminating that game from his life, maybe she should’ve confronted him privately…about the matter…instead of putting him on the spot and forcing him to do it. He’s gonna hate her… =\ She has no respect for his personal belongings… He should go into her jewelry box, ask her which her favorite is [preferably something given by an exbf], and forcibly break it with her just to get even.

it’s not that hard to experience real 3d vagina, and depending on the vagina, it may not be all that good either. most girls get tired before it becomes any fun for either of you even when you are doing all the work. make sure you look for girls who are into prolonged exercise like running.

it’s called dead fish girlfriends, asians in asia are like that. all they expect you to do is nothing but penetrating them, and are too “embarrassed” to keep the lights on. that’s why so many dudes in japan goto brothel or cheat.

Im just happy that my fiancee isnt the type to do that. I dont know what id do with out my games. Granted I havent played this but Im aware that SIM games take a lot of time and effort and considering the huge following this game has id assume its considerably more then most.

If I were him id make her sign a contract wherein if the game is damaged then she is FORBIDDEN from wearing make up for a year, or something equally absurd depending on what type of gal she is.

Now if she’s ALSO making him go from wealthy to near poor in gifts for her, debts for more gifts AND he has to give up much of his personal freedom, then it’s bad, she’s too controlling. On the other hand a “Virtual GF” even if it’s a dumb AI script is probably more demeaning / threatening, than a pile of Hustlers. (1)

It’ll be interesting when computer tech and other tech moves up a notch and it can be argued these things actually ARE Intelligent/Sentient… I mean, Firing squad for “Real Doll with Animatronics and AI?” Smashing a “Virtual Life Form” that files an e-petition? Taking a Nekomimi girl to the vet to have her put to sleep?

1. Too bad for your “Pink” ban, Japan, you’d have LOVED Hustler, but they tried harder to keep that out of the country than they did any foreigners in the past. Too bad, beyond the cool HC it’s full of good articles and the most Non-PC humor in any published work. Surprised none of the “Loli” stuff had any adult characters that looked like “Chester the Molester”…but that’s probably why.

Ok, having a 2D ex-girlfriend is outright laughable and pathetic. This guy should be grateful he’s getting laid now. However, destroying the device was rather stupid if you ask me. They could have sold it for some good bucks.

And yeah, if there is one of those creepy otakus who “date(d)/would date one of the Love+ characters or consider them as humans, yeah, I’m talking about selling them, because they’re just machines; commodities for people.

Also, haven’t you thought that Nene & friends are a bunch of total sluts who really make a good profit out of compensated dating? Imagine it: They’re paid the price of a videogame cartdrige for dating lonely guys, and they are incredibly popular since they act the way creepy otaku would want them to act. Best of all, they do it so naturally…OMG, were they real, they’d be the richest girls in Japan!

There, am I as legit as you? Don’t fucking throw around ‘racist’ like it means something. It takes two to tango and japs are not particularly deserving of any kind of leeway when it comes to how rest of the world treats it. Really, when all the foreigners and koreans/chinese are fucking them in their own backyard, japs deserve every one of them.

I love how there are people trying to claim that the one who is playing a video game is the one who is socially/emotionally maladjusted and that the one who coerced her new husband into making a spectacle of destroying something that he enjoyed and had spent no doubt a lot of time on is perfectly reasonable and justified…

So it’s a ritualistic murder of all objects/photos connected to ex girlfriends – normals who watch How I Met Your Mother had a related arc.

Even if not forced by the female (fuck that noise) such a spectacle does raise eyebrows as being overly extreme, this is the same negativity regardless of target.

Envy, greed, sloth, most sins can be shamelessly rationalized, but wrath is special, it’s destruction without gain, there is no temptation. It’s so black that the pure, solid monochrome is beautiful if you think about it. And thus it is the darkest of sins, the most vile, most repulsive, most deserving of condemnation.

When a healthy mind is calm it doesn’t crave malice without profit. Psychopathic minds do, and require treatment. The “internet hate machine” is a bunch of teasing and trolling, none of us wishes actual suffering upon other humans, the “kill button” psychology experiment goes nowhere until the subject is offered incentive.

Oh man, that is pretty crazy for her to do. Its just a virtual freaking girlfriend, is this guy really so weak he cant just not play it? Is she really that terrified of a virtual girlfriend? Maybe she needs to improve herself. But if be funny to see how upset he was about it. It cost money those damn things. Wonder how much of a surprise it was. End of the day though real sex is better, but he seems like the type that be dominated 😛 Be funny to see if it ends in a few months or years.

So this is like the real life 40 Year-old virgin. If you want to marry me you need to get rid of all your shit.

I am never going to understand this. A woman falls in love with you and who you are and they day you get married all your shit gets dumped but she gets to keep all her shit. This isnt anywhere close to 50/50.

it looks to me like they were smashing it together. so i guess this is to troll butthurt folks. the one thing that i think is really stupid, is why he had to go and destroy his game system with the game. that shit aint cheap. oh well.

I, for one, find it highly alarming that the 1st act in their new, married life is that only smash his stuff, not something from both him and her. Like say, his waifu card and her cd collection of her favorite jpop boyband.

And if she get´s so jealous of a gamecard, how will she behave if he glanzes a look at other RL girls? Mark my word, This will not end well.

It will end with him tied to the bedpost and her holding her nuts in one hand and a rusty, greasy, butcher knife in the other hand. With her saying: “These are mine, bitch. Your wallet and time are mine, too. If you ever try to give them to somebody else, be prepared to face the consequences.”

Well, he’s getting married and I don’t think any wife wants to see her husband masturbating/emotionally attached to a 2D girl. I think it’s the same as catching your wife masturbating/emotionally attached to some 2D guy or w/e.

C’mon, if she’s jelly it means that she cares about you…

But then again, this is a community full of otaku guys, so whatever I say will get drowned out by how evil and money hungry women are. So… /Shrugs

>C’mon, if she’s jelly it means that she cares about you…
It also means she has ISSUES if she’s getting jelly at a piece of electronics to the point where she makes a show of destroying it at her wedding.

I mean, a sane person would try to, you know, talk to their significant other if they felt neglected over some hobby. Or grin and bear it. Or not marry them if they felt unable to do either of those, because then it wouldn’t really be about a lump of silicon and plastic but about mismatching personalities and expectations.
Going behind someones back and smashing stuff up in a fit of rage, let alone making a show of it, is some bunny boiler shit.

>But then again, this is a community full of otaku guys, so whatever I say will get drowned out by how evil and money hungry women are. So… /Shrugs
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I’m sure if it was some dude setting his brides copy Twilight on fire and cackling like a maniac you’d be right there with them calling him insane, and you’d be right.

>It also means she has ISSUES if she’s getting jelly at a piece of electronics to the point where she makes a show of destroying it at her wedding.
This is a guy that she loves and MARRIED. Women want to be the only one, 2D or not. And the comments I read here about women are just… disappointing.. “3D women are pigs”, “They’re just money sucking bitches” etcetc.
Also, it might interest you to know that in asian culture (for me at least) it’s very common for grooms to go through several “tests” before they get to pick up their bride so.. Cultural differences, I guess.

>I mean, a sane person would try to, you know, talk to their significant other if they felt neglected over some hobby.
We’re talking about a bunch of guys who find it cruel to destroy a “person” that isn’t real, y’know?

>I’m sure if it was some dude setting his brides copy Twilight on fire and cackling like a maniac you’d be right there with them calling him insane, and you’d be right.
Lol, I couldn’t care less. Read the first book and burnt it myself.

I don’t know why is any sane person would try to justify the action of the woman in question.

In a sense, it is almost like at the wedding, the bride pull open the curtain and review the ex-girlfriend tied up defenselessly, and she then processing to handing him a knife and force him to stab her…

>Women want to be the only one, 2D or not. And the comments I read here about women are just… disappointing.. “3D women are pigs”, “They’re just money sucking bitches” etcetc.

Do you know the words “sarcasm” or “joke”? Half of the people here say these things just for the hell of it, or did you actually believe some of the post that said “I’m going to become a wizard!”?.
Also let’s not generalize, not everyone here is an otaku retard, this is a comunity not the same person posting everytime.

>We’re talking about a bunch of guys who find it cruel to destroy a “person” that isn’t real, y’know?
We’re talking about a woman that made a show out of destroying a “person” that isn’t real, you see the other side of the picture now?.

If the wife had problems with his hobbies she just needed to talk to him, not make a show. The guy married her for fuck sake it’s obvious he’s going to choose her.

We don’t see the face here. After all, the game girl/woman duo could have been ‘modeled’ after one another. In which case, the woman, knowing herself, thinks she knows what to expect of the other. Precarious. Or she might even consider them manifestations of the same thing, and think the picture is not doing her justice.

Or, it could be a step in the right direction, because honestly, it’s pathetic to a have a “2d girlfriend” anyway you put it. And why go for something fake when you have a real woman right there for you?

I can’t even fathom why someone with such strong feelings for a virtual “love game” character would even marry, and why the future wife waited till wedding day to “ensure” that the husband’s heart is loyal to her (as should be).
Heck, this shows just how little regard for marriage people have in the modern age.
They should have talked about this unhealthy affections A LONG TIME before finally deciding that they indeed wanted to marry. That’s what dating and engagement period are for: so that you get to know each other and solve conflicts like this BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY MARRY.
Both of them are stupid and wrong.
If she thinks this grand symbolic set up is going to be effective and without undesirable side effects, she’s deceiving herself and showing just how immature, stupid and cruel she is.

they died… well, not physically. between the antics of evil women, the oppressing society, and being generally powerless… you kinda wonder how many people can really remain cute and friendly? just like in madoka, magical girls eventually become witches; cute friendly guys eventually become cold hearted bastards who sings the trilogy of lie, fuck, and dump. it’s a vicious cycle that can’t be easily broken.

that is a misconception. sure you can attract some gold diggers, but even if you have a good income long term, a lot of women are too stupid to look at the big picture and stick with you. they would take your money short term, and move onto someone else. that’s why a good number of them end up with douche bags.

Oh they are there. It’s just that the lonely otaku who plague the internet, and the owner of this site, want you to think they don’t exist. Must be a conspiracy so people will click on the porn links that make his site run.

Maybe you basement dwelling, dedicated virgins can’t find cute, sweet, non-crazy women. My girlfriend is hot, super nice and emotionally well balanced. It can happen! You just need to stop drooling over 2D women and focus on reality. The further you dwell in fantasy worlds the more detached you become from reality thus making it harder to relate to real life.

So stop fapping to imaginary girls, hit the gym and loose your love handles, get some decent clothes and try actually talking to real women without mentioning your shelves full of scantly clad anime girl figures. It can be done! So get out there you losers! Real women are better for many reasons. If you need one try this out, they can ACTUALLY blow you! Live the dream, boys. You don’t have to fantasize anymore! (i know, i just blew your mind)

Sound kinda stupid. You leave them when they are no longer attach to you, not because they are attach to a 2d girl. There are people that like a 2D chicks but at the same thing, still love a real girl and can be committed to her.

Growing up by force your new husband destroy things he used to adore? Making him cry inside when his precious stuff, smashed in front of other people?

She should use common sense, talk him about her feeling regarding the virtual girlfriend. Tell him that she is not comfortable about the situation. He might be understand, he choose to marry her, not Nene after all.

People take time to move on, to adjust a new life. To leave their old habit. You cant just forced someone to change, just because you like it that way. Give him time to embrace the new love and completely end the old one.

If she treat him real nice, soon he will forget about his “relationship” with Nene. The virtual idol is for filling his need to have girl by his side, and that is no longer the case anymore.

Maybe he will still play it time to time, but I doubt he have any deep emotion connection with the 2d girl. Love Plus is going to be another video game to him, nothing more.

By the way, I think this bride is going to become what we call a “Queen Control”. Everything her husband like is a No, and anything she like is a Yes.

Doesn’t sound like she was threatened by it (some on here my find that hard to believe), but by destroying a video game, it looks more like a way to move on.

And I can pretty much garuntee the majority of the people on here claiming that she “killed” something that never really existed, will never actually get any actual sex, except from a well paid hooker (and no, not a “bitch”. Stop using words the wrong way, dammit), but I doubt they would have the money for it since they spend it all on plastic dolls that I would normally expect young girls to own, rather than “grown men” (and I use that term on this site loosely).

i wouldn’t have completed some collections in ebay if not for evil women who made their partners get rid, of quite a few treasures. but at least they were not smashed and now are safely kept, except for that late 80.s X Men edition that
got ruined by a coffee spill.
oh well comic market is not what it used to be anyway.

Not really. They could have just sold the game and the memorycard to signyfy that he no longer sees them as a person. The tableplacement and smashing makes the card seem in general look like it is recognized as a person. and then it get´s smashed by the newlyweds. Not sanelooking at all.

If he was any sort of man he would be able to hold his ground and tell his fiancee to keep her hands off his stuff. He doesn’t even have to be a dick about it–he just needs to have one.(And of course, a pair of balls never hurt either…)

Sorry, but a man wouldn’t want to have anything in common with even an envious entity – let alone jealous. Even if only projectively. After all, if she sees him as better off than her, it’s not him who should emulate her, but the other way around. So don’t destroy the item, but borrow it, or make her own copy.

But maybe if the game girl had long hair the woman would have thought of her as the man’s girlfriend, and there wouldn’t be any problem, they would be partners? What exactly is she taking her for?